i've been working A LOT on the map lately, the demo map will feature a bunch of different places like some sort of playground for you guys to explore, find and try out different weapons and executions.

demo will be out very soon!

Been pushing the atmosphere and lighting further lately. Trying to get that grimy late-90s survival horror / Manhunt feeling, what do you guys think?

hey boys what do you think? since the game is in a rural setting, the player is now able to hide and stalk cult members through the corn fields and its way more immersive.

Game Name: Red Season

Genre: Survival Horror / Stealth Action / Third-Person Shooter

Main Features

• Retro-inspired PSX/PS2 visual style
• Brutal stealth takedowns and close-quarters combat
• Dynamic dismemberment and physics-driven gore
• Open-ended exploration across rural environments
• Folk-Horror cultist enemies and deranged psychopaths
• Atmospheric environmental storytelling
• Tense cat-and-mouse encounters with both melee and ranged human enemies
• Dark narrative centered on a father's desperate search for his daughter, lost and sanity.

Lore

After his daughter is abducted by a mysterious cult, a grieving father hunts down a mad cult through an abandoned and decaying rural lands. What begins as a rescue mission quickly descends into a nightmare as the father sanity slips with every clue about his daughter's fate.

To save what remains of his family, he must survive the darkness that has taken root in the countryside.

Release Time

TBA

Current Status

In Development, Upcoming Demo this year

Steam Page

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4083140/Red_Season/

Trailer / Gameplay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUq1Ki5ZqzQ

regular updates on shorts playlist and upcoming devlogs

Inspiration

• Manhunt 1/2 horror
• The Last of Us action
• Narrative inspired by True Detective Season 1, and cult movies like The Road, Edge of Darkness.
• Voice Acting heavily inspired by Kane and Lynch 2 performances

Manhunt was a huge inspiration for my indie horror game.
here's a sneak peak into the barn...thoughts on this atmosphere?

took inspiration from manhunt classic hanging bodies around the map and added physics and rope interactions to it!

what do you guys think?

I've added destructibles to the environment to spice up combat, im looking to add a few more things, what's your favourite destructible in oldschool games?

Ragdolls on my reveal trailer were super stiff so i've been trying to improve them, looking for feedback on the new ones, is it enough? too much? or not enough?

i hear you at the comments

on my previous post some of you gave me great feedback on my Manhunt-inspired stealth game and specifically suggested adding a lock-on camera when holding the takedown button (just like the original).
I took your advice and implemented it. It feels so much more authentic now, the camera snaps to the target when you hold the button and really sells that tense, predatory feel.
Here's a quick video of it in action!

Huge thanks to everyone who suggested this. You guys know what makes Manhunt feel right way better than I do. Would love to hear more thoughts or any other feedback you have.

I'm still actively working on the game and really value the input from this community.

im trying to make a true Manhunt spiritual successor,
what do you guys think ? would you play RED SEASON ?

i've been building a Manhunt-inspired game called RED SEASON, about a father fighting a mad cult and going insane to get his kid back.

what do you guys think?